Dear Fellow Rotarians, visitors and guests!
WELCOME TO OUR E-CLUB!
Thank you for stopping by our club meeting! We hope you will enjoy your visit.
At the left is our excellent banner! Please send us a virtual copy of your club banner and we will send you a copy of our new club banner in exchange. We will also display your club banner proudly on our meeting website.
Although our E-club has Provisional status at this time, we hope you will find the content of our meeting enlightening and will give us the benefit of your opinion on the content.
March is Rotary`s Literacy month.
...because we are an E-Club ...
Visiting Rotarians. If you are a visiting Rotarian, please click this link to Apply for a Make-up. We will send you and your club secretary a make-up confirmation.
E-Club Members. If you are a member of the club, please click this to Club Member Attendance Record to record your attendance for our club records. As we move forward, we need a good record of our members' attendance.
Happy Hour Hangout. We are adjusting the time of our Happy Hour Hangout to Saturday mornings - early enough so that you can join before your day gets away from you.
We meet for a live chat and sometimes business discussion. If you are interested in dropping by, please click the link below. Morning coffee is on the house! (Your house, that is...) Hope to see you there!
Please note: Now, attending our HHH will earn you a make-up!
However, our HHH is cancelled for Friday, March 1. We will reschedule for Saturday, March 9.
Interested in joining us? If you would like to become a member of our E-club, please click the link Membership Application and Information.
Our Provisional President, Kitty, would now like to welcome you to this week's meeting. Please listen in...
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ROTARY E-CLUB OF THE CARIBBEAN, 7020
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ABCs OF ROTARY (Cliff Dochterman)
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| Cliff Dochterman RI President, 1992-93 |
Are you aware of the responsibility or obligation most Rotarians fail to perform? Paying their dues? Attending meetings? Contributing to the club's service fund? Participating in club events and projects? No - none of these!
Of all the obligations a person accepts when joining a Rotary club, the one in which most Rotarians fail is "sharing Rotary." The policies of Rotary International clearly affirm that every individual Rotarian has an "obligation to share Rotary with others and to help extend Rotary through proposing qualified person for Rotary club members."
It is estimated that less than 30 per cent of the members of most Rotary clubs have ever made the effort to propose a new member. Thus, in every club, there are many Rotarians who readily accept the pleasures of being a Rotarian without ever sharing that privilege with another qualified individual.
The Rotary policy on club membership states:
"In order for a Rotary club to be fully relevant to its community and responsive to the needs of those in the community, it is important and necessary that the club include in its membership all fully qualified prospective members located within its territory."
One merely has to glance through the yellow pages of the local telephone directory to realize that most clubs have not invited qualified members of all businesses and professional into Rotary.
Only a Rotarian may propose a customer, neighbour, client, supplier, executive, relative, business associate, professional or other qualified person to join a Rotary club. Have you accepted your obligation to share Rotary? The procedures are very simple, and everyone must know at least one person who should belong to Rotary.
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PAUL HARRIS - PART 2 OF 4
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POLIO UPDATE
Click this link to find information. Don't forget to click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting!
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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SPEAKER - Jeremy Jackson - How we wrecked the ocean
In this bracing talk, coral reef ecologist Jeremy
Jackson lays out the shocking state of the ocean today: overfished,
overheated, polluted, with indicators that things will get much worse.
Astonishing photos and stats make the case.
Jeremy Jackson is the Ritter Professor of Oceanography and Director of the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Painting pictures of changing marine environments, particularly coral reefs and the Isthmus of Panama, Jackson's research captures the extreme environmental decline of the oceans that has accelerated in the past 200 years.
Jackson's current work focuses on the future of the world’s oceans, given overfishing, habitat destruction and ocean warming, which have fundamentally changed marine ecosystems and led to "the rise of slime." Although Jackson's work describes grim circumstances, even garnering him the nickname Dr. Doom, he believes that successful management and conservation strategies can renew the ocean’s health.
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ROTARY MINUTE
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WISE WORDS -
To handle yourself, use your head;
To handle others, use your heart.
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ROTARY ANTHEM
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ROTARY BASICS
By assigning each member a classification based on his or her business or profession, this system ensures that the club's membership reflects the business and professional composition of its community. The number of members holding a particular classification is limited according to the size of the club. The goal is professional diversity, which enlivens the club's social atmosphere and provides a rich resource of occupational expertise to carry out service projects and provide club leadership.
Avenues of Service
Based on the Object of Rotary, the Avenues of Service are Rotary's philosophical cornerstone and the foundation on which club activity is based:
Club Service focuses on strengthening fellowship and ensuring the effective functioning of the club.
Vocational Service encourages Rotarians to serve others through their vocations and to practice high ethical standards.
Community Service covers the projects and activities the club undertakes to improve life in its community.
International Service encompasses actions taken to expand Rotary's humanitarian reach around the globe and to promote world understanding and peace.
New Generations Service acknowledges the positive change implemented by youth and young adults involved in leadership development activities, community and international service, and exchange programs that enrich and foster world peace and cultural understanding. Programs include RYLA, Rotaract, Interact, and Rotary Youth Exchange.
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WHAT IS ROTARY?
Rotary clubs participate in a broad range of humanitarian, intercultural, and educational activities designed to improve the human condition.
Rotary's humanitarian grants support club projects that provide health care and medical supplies, clean water, food, job training, youth development, and education to millions of people in need, particularly in the developing world.
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OUR ROTARY CLUB
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SPEAKER - Stephen Palumbi
There's a tight and surprising link between the ocean's
health and ours, says marine biologist Stephen Palumbi.
He shows how
toxins at the bottom of the ocean food chain find their way into our
bodies, with a shocking story of toxic contamination from a Japanese
fish market. His work points a way forward for saving the oceans' health
-- and humanity's.
Stephen Palumbi teaches and does research in evolution and marine biology at Stanford University, and has long been fascinated by how quickly the world around us changes. His work on the genetics of marine organisms tries to focus on basic evolutionary questions but also on practical solutions to questions about how to preserve and protect the diverse life in the sea. DNA data on the genetics of marine populations like corals helps in the design and implementation of marine protected areas for conservation and fisheries enhancement. A second focus is on the use of molecular genetic techniques for the elucidation of past population sizes and dynamics of baleen whales, with the notion of recreating a better sense of the ecology of the virgin ocean.
Palumbi has lectured extensively on human-induced evolutionary change, has used genetic detective work to identify whales for sale in retail markets, and is working on new methods to help design marine parks for conservation. His first book for non-scientists, The Evolution Explosion, documents the impact of humans on evolution. His latest is an unusual environmental success story called The Death and Life of Monterey Bay. He also helped write and research and appears in the BBC series The Future Is Wild and the History Channel's World Without People. Other recent films appearances include The End of the Line and an upcoming Canadian Broadcasting series One Ocean.
Palumbi's other passion: microdocumentaries. His Short Attention Span Science Theater site received a million hits last year. And his band Sustainable Soul has several songs out, including "Crab Love" and "The Last Fish Left."
Click this link to view the video. Don't forget to click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.
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OUR ROTARY CLUB
Have a look at the top right of this meeting screen for the "page" entitled TRAINING.
OR
Click this link to view a start at our training plan. You must sign into our ClubRunner website to access the training resources.
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A LITTLE PEP TALK
Stop here for just about 3 minutes for this great little pep talk!
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MEETING MAKE-UP
If you would like to use your stop here as a meeting make-up, please
1. Click this link to Apply for a Make-up
2. Prepare your email and be sure to include all the information requested
3. Send the email to our club Membership Chair.
Our club will send both you and your club secretary a make-up certificate.
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To end our meeting, please recite aloud (on your honour!) the Rotary Four-Way Test of the things we think, say, and do:
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it BUILD GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
AG Jim Ferris
Rotary Club of Les Cayes, Haiti
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..and official close of meeting
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READ A COPY OF OUR DISTRICT 7020 NEWSLETTER FOR MARCH
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Thank you for stopping by our E-club meeting! We wish you well in the next week in all that you do for Rotary!
The meeting has now come to an end. Please do have a safe and happy week! If you have enjoyed our E-club meeting, please leave a comment below.
Rotary cheers!
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HAPPY HOUR HANGOUT -
Cancelled for Saturday, March 2. We will reschedule for Saturday, March 9.
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